Hotel Kap  

Breakfast

Staff

Breakfast was excellent

Great location (a little south of the main city centre, nicely away from things and quiet, but not far to walk to get anywhere), very cheap for a private room in Amsterdam, friendly staff (particularly the lady who was serving breakfast and running the desk until 3pm on the days I stayed), quiet and relaxing, breakfast was fine (bread and rolls with one type of cheese, three types of meat, cereal, yoghurt, coffee - the usual)

It's a budget hotel and the rooms do feel like it. Bed was hard and uncomfortable and room / shower looked a little worse-for-wear. But it is very cheap and for that kind of money in Amsterdam, it does the job (especially given the great location). A few things to watch out for - my room had its own shower but a shared toilet (the website was clear this would be the case, but I hadn't read it properly), the wi-fi was 5 euros for the stay (again, the website said there was a charge but I missed it) and credit card payments are 5% extra (the website did not say this...)

Easy access to public transport (Tram) including canal cruise. Fast food outlet (halal kebab) is within 5 mins walk and supermarket within 10 mins. Good breakfast spread to start off your day.

The staircase ! Too narrow and steep. Would be a real effort to carry heavy baggage up/down. Do not expect too much from this 2-Star hotel. Need a bit of scrapping/clean-up and new silicon at the shower cubicle.

Breakfast, good location near to the center of the city

Plecent and tranquil atmosphire

Coudn't use the Patio after 22:30

Good location and price

Stairs!

friendly staff and pretty good breakfast

No effort to maintain the hotel rooms as far as we could see. Had a room with bathroom. Hole in the wall where toilet feed was located. Multiple cracks in the bathroom sink. Other holes in the wall in the main living area. Terrible old mattresses with little support. Towels were well beyond useful life and rough as sandpaper. For $160 a night didn't expect anything but basic room with basic amenities in a city as expensive as Amsterdam, but did expect the hotel room to be maintained to a minimum standard.

Really friendly, efficient and hospitable personnel, comfortable bed, close to city center.

I liked that the staff were friendly and helpful. The breakfast hours were very flexible, available until 12pm and offered a nice variety - breads/crackers/toast/cereals/fruit/meats/cheese/h- ard boilled eggs/chocolate muffins/brownies/yogurt. It was very very quiet at night, you wouldn't have known you were staying in a city.

I suppose I was a bit surprised at how basic the rooms were. I hadn't expected the bathroom to be seperate either, although this wasn't really a problem as you could lock it. The bathroom was very basic, the shower was ok though but the whole room needed a really good clean - I don't think they've heard of scrubbing clean. Don't look behind the radiators, totally clogged with old rubbish and grime! The single beds were very very soft and the sofa bed the children were on was hideous, not only were their feet well above the height of the head, it was incredibly noisy at the slightest movement! Worse though were the very, very lumpy pillows, not one decent pillow in the room - do take your own if like me you depend on a decent pillow for a good nights sleep.

The staff goes right on top of my list. They were friendly, helpful, funny and gave a feeling of familiarity right from the start. The fact that we lived on walking distance from more or less everything, but still in a quiet street.

The Location is not far from Heineken Brewery and the House of Bols. So for visiting them a good Location. You can reach each city Tourist Attraction by feet easily.